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médium

medium

noun meh-DYOM Rare

Origin: Latin loanword

Also means

psychic

Usage Note

Médium has two distinct senses: a person who claims to communicate with the dead, and — borrowed from art — a material or channel used to create or transmit (e.g. a painting medium). The plural is médiums in both senses. In everyday speech the psychic sense is most common.

Examples

"Elle consulte un médium chaque année."

Natural Translation

She consults a medium every year.

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